Forget Meaning
/fəˈɡɛt/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo lose remembrance of.
verbTo unintentionally not do, neglect.
Sentence Examples
You'll forget about me someday.
Don't forget about us!
Don't forget to bring your books with you.
CEFR Practice Quiz
I always ____ my keys at home, so I had to call my roommate.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please don't ____ to lock the door and turn off the lights before you leave the house tonight.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English forgeten, forgiten, foryeten, forȝiten, from Old English forġietan (“to forget”) [influenced by Old Norse geta ("to get, to guess")], from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan (“to give up, forget”). Equivalent to for- + get. Cognate with : * Scots forget, forȝet (“to forget”), * West Frisian fergette, ferjitte, forjitte (“to forget”), * Dutch vergeten (“to forget”), * German vergessen (“to forget”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"VVe (of all earthlings) are Gods vtmoſt ſubiects, the laſt (in a manner) that he bought to his obedience: ſhal we then forgette that vvee are any ſubiects of hys, becauſe (as amongſt his Angels) he is not viſibly conuerſant amongſt vs?"
— 1593, Tho[mas] Nashe, Christs Teares Over Ierusalem. […], London: […] Iames Roberts, and are to be solde by Andrewe Wise, […], →OCLC, folio 60, verso:
"For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great rustling of tissue paper and unwrapping of parcels, and in the excitement of looking at all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was forgotten."
— 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
"Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder,[…]"
— 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 4, in Well Tackled!:
"Everybody, old and young, laughs uproariously at this and immediately forgets all about it."
— 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 35:
"Valentine’s Day means different things for different people. For Homer, it means forking over a hundred dollars for a dusty box of chocolates at the Kwik-E-Mart after characteristically forgetting the holiday yet again. For Ned, it’s another opportunity to prove his love for his wife. Most germane to the episode, for Lisa, Valentine’s Day means being the only person in her entire class to give Ralph a Valentine after noticing him looking crestfallen and alone at his desk."
— 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in A.V. Club, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2013:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
I always ____ my keys at home, so I had to call my roommate.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please don't ____ to lock the door and turn off the lights before you leave the house tonight.